4/9/2024 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to the rim. Shut down right now.
Not much fruit and significant tannins. The least attractive of the tastings I have had in the past three years. Suggest another three years

3/9/2024 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to the rim. Lots of black fruit up front some tannins to resolve but lush and full with a short 15 second finish.
Improving as it opens and definitely better with food

Look for some improvement with age. Will wait 2 to 3 years for my next bottle

3/8/2024 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple with some ruby at the rim. I deep black fruit up front smooth across the palate to a short finish.
Surprisingly easy to drink at this early stage.
Drink now or over the next 5 years

2/21/2024 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to the rim. Medium to full dark fruits Drying tannins to a relatively short finish

Left one over night with no cork in the fridge after drinking half the bottle. Much softer with more fruit showing Expect this to be better in about 3 to 4 years

1/6/2024 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Cherry with a hint orange at the rim.tobacco with a little leather on the nose. Sweet black fruit some tannins still present. Open an hour and really starting to open and sweeten. Short to medium finish. Best in next two years

1/6/2024 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Note much in the way of notes Full mouthfeel soft tannins and a long finish. Ready now if you like big fruit driven wines. Maybe better in a couple of years but delicious now

1/1/2024 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Cherry to the rim. Notes of black fruit. After one hour not much in the way of fruit or finish. After two hour decant huge black and red fruits drying as it crosses the palate to a medium finish. For those who like a fruit bomb drink now. I will wait at least 3 years to allow the fruit become wine and the tannins to subside. Also hoping the finish will improve with age

12/9/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to the rim. Black fruits full body explodes across the pallet to a long finish. Still some tannins to resolve but with food drinkable now. Will give this 2 to 3 years and try again. Expect score to increase with time

12/9/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to the rim. Soft black fruits up front. Drying tannins kick in as it crosses the pallet to a medium finish. More open than I expected from a 2019. Can drink now but for me will wait another 2 years for the next bottle

11/18/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to the rim. Tons of upfront fruit a Lush mouthfeel with a long finish. Some tannins to resolve This has years of life left. Will drink my 2006 and 2005 before this one

11/3/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Second bottle this week. The first left in the fridge with the top off for two days. The second pandp. The first lasted and improved. The second absolutely delicious. Pretty much the same notes as before. Still expecting this to grit the 20 year mark. Right now at its peak and no indication it is anywhere near going downhill

6/10/2023 - bobh22314 wrote:

Opened two bottles over 3 days. Both corks came out intact. Both bottles brown throughout. Fist bottle with Chinese food retained some fruit although very much on tge leather side. Okay would rate close to 90 as some fruit left with a moderate finish

Second bottle first night leaking any fruit Kept overnight in fridge bottle open Second night sone fruit showing leather with a moderate finish. No tannins to resolve if you have any drink up

5/8/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to the rim. Huge amount of fruit up front tannins still really evident. Still primary seems like it needs years to become a wine. Will try again in 3 to 4 years

4/30/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

One hour decant. Black fruits on the nose. Ruby to the rim. Lush full bodied with silky tannins. Black fruits somewhat subdued and minerals on the palate Finishes very very long. Close to its peak but lots of life left.

Best for this wine and one of the best I have tasted

4/2/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Ruby to the rim. Black currents on the nose. Huge up front black fruits Lush across the palate to a medium finish
Drink now or fir tge next 3 to 4 years.

3/29/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Ruby to a slight bricking at the rim. Black fruits on the nose. Lots of black fruits up front soft across the palett to a medium finish. Tge most open since I have been drinking this wine Just at the start of its drinking window with years to go

3/28/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Ruby with hints of orange at the rim. Definitely temperanilo. Still incredible fruit up front Lush across tge palate. Some drying tannins still to resolve. A short to medium finish

Good now but will last for many more years

3/27/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Orange to brown at the rim. Sweet black fruits on the nose 30 minutes in lush fruit carries smoothly across the palate to a long finish No noticeable tannins. On the downhill side but still luscious right now

Auction bottle so not sure of storage

3/16/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Cherry with bricking at the rim. Nice black fruits still holding all across the palate Medium bodied with some drying tannins to a medium finish.

Drink now or over the next 4 to 5 years

3/14/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to cherry at the rim. Black fruits showing nicely with a full and lush mouthfeel. shutting down and tannins showing up an hour after open. Medium to short finish Nice now with food but better in a year or two.

Try again in 2024

3/12/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to ruby at the rim. Open two hours Black fruits to some tannins still remaining. Still some Brett but fruit showing through ends in a 20 second finish


Still needs more time. Try again in 1 to 2 years

3/10/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to the rim. Cherries on the nose. Some fruit up front but seems closed down with tannins and is somewhat bitter at the finish a 20 second finish but really fealing the tannins. This is the worst showing for this wine for me

3/4/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Ruby to the rim. Black fruits on the nose. Lots of fruit left with a lush mouthfeel to a long finish. Fruit, tannins and oak integrated. Expect at least another3 years maybe 5 years at its peak. My best tasting yet but don’t expect any improvement with time.

2/25/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Orange at the rim. Huge up front black fruit with a mineral element Some tannins still remaining Lush with a medium long finish.

Drink now or over the next few years

2/25/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Forgot my note to wait a year. Second day open in the fridge over night. Purple to the rim. Lots of up black fruit up front.
At this point all fruit. Tannins have softened. Finishes short or would have merited a couple more points

Most approachable yet for this wine. Don’t think this will get more points in my book but plenty of time left to see.

1/3/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to the rim. Black fruits on entry Lush across the palate to a short to medium finish. Not as good as last time so a downgrade on the rating

1/1/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Cherry to the rim muted nose. Tons of red and black fruit up front. Almost too much. Drying tannins across the palate to a medium long finish

Less of a score this time as the tannins are more pronounced and almost too sweet

1/1/2023 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to the Some fruit but mostly hidden by moderate tannins. Finishes somewhat short. Downgrade from my last bottle as I wondering when the fruit will show up
Drink now with a couple hour decant but I am waiting another year.

12/31/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Hints of orange at the rim. Black fruits and minerals in the nose 2hours open lush across the palate to a medium finish. Some tannins still to soften. Drink now with steak ir you can hold for several more years. Will try again next year

12/16/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Barley a hint of orange at the rim. Needed an hour to really open up. Black fruits and minerals on the nose. Black fruits on the palate with more fruit showing than I rember from other tastings. Big full smooth with tannins mellowed. Given the development in the glass I think there are several more years left. Have had a number of older Larkmead which have all stood to the 20 year mark so expect the same hear. Best of the regular Larkmead bottlings.

12/13/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

One hour decant. Cherry at tge rim with bkack fruits predominate Lush with black fruit up front. Full bodied Smooth across the palate with litttor no tannins. Shirt finush but overall in a really nice place

12/12/2022 - bobh22314 wrote:

Identical to me last note
Still years left

11/24/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to the rim Wonderful upfront fruit. Full, rolling across the palett to a long finish Great now and will last for many more years.

11/10/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Double decanted and left for 2 hours Loads of up front fruit with a long finish. Still some tannins to relive but can be drunk right now. No need to hurry though as there are years of life left. Drank along side tge 2015 which seems younger Not much to choose between the two vintages I suspect the 2015 will age better

Try both again in a year

11/10/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Hints of orange at the rim Port like. Big Fruit up front. rolls Across the palate to a very long finish Matched with 2009 smith haut lafitte, 2009, 2015 and 2016 spottswoode. Did the same tasting 3 years ago and the beau vigne was the favorite both times

5/28/2022 - bobh22314 wrote:

Cherry to the rim. Black fruits on the nose. Full bodied with tons of fruit and still some tannins to resolve Medium to long finish

Drink now after a short decant or over the next 5 or so years

5/28/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Cherry with a hint of orange at the rim. Luscious black fruit still with freshness as it crosses the pallet to a moderately long finish Full bodied with barely a hint of tannins. Tastes much as it did 5 years ago but much softer and can see that there is an end in site. Suspect this is best over the next 2 to 3 years.

4/29/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to the rim. Up front fruit (cherries ). Medium to light with Drying tannins across the mid palate to a medium finish. Best with food now or give it two more years

4/23/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

pretty much same notes as before except a little more weight and a little longer finish. Soft and ready to drink.

4/23/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Decanted one hour. Ruby to the edge. Black fruits on the nose but cherries and some black fruits on the palate. Pure sweet and lush with fruit from the front to the back of the mouth. Some tannins sneaking through but a very smooth full bodied wine at its peak. Finishes long The best for this one for me. Still seems to have several years of drinking left

4/12/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to the rim. Nice upfront fruit. Medium to full body. Some tannins to resolve finishes a little short but drinking well now and probably for several more years

4/3/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Some hints of orange at the rim. Stuffed nose so can’t tell the bouquet The best yet for this wine and the best we have had in many years of drinking wine, including a beautiful spottswoode 2015 that we drank the night before. Full bodied lots of black fruit and some minerality. Not the typical fruit bomb from Napa but more underlying the minerality rather than up front in your face. Layers of taste as it crossed the pallet to a finished that seemed to go on forever
One hour decant and started opening up with 15 minutes in the glass drink now or over the next few years.
Paid $325 for 3 of these and will buy more. Wow!!

3/28/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Drank without much thought which was a shame as this is very good My sense would be in its drinking window but barely Lots of life left.

3/27/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Purple to dark cherry to the rim. Still lots of fruit though the tannins have dropped away. Carries across the palate to a medium finish. Drink now or over tge next 2 to 3 years

3/23/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Cherry at the rim. Wonderful black fruits up front. Some drying tannins two days open Short to medium finish

Leave for another two years

2/27/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

To dark to see the color but really nice black fruit up front. Tannic after an hour without food. Second hour now with food. Fruit comes to the front Carrie’s through to a long long finish

Perhaps another year improves this and softens tge tannins Personally I am waiting till late 2023 for my next bottle

2/16/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

one hour decant crinking really well but I think another year would be best.

2/12/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Cherry to the rim. Black currents. Medium body. Some sweet black fruit starting to show followed by drying tannins and medium finish. Hold for at least another year maybe two.

2/10/2022 - bobh22314 wrote:

Cherry to the rim. Not much on the nose or my head was stuffy. nice up front red fruit carrying across the palate to a medium finish.
Decanted for 1 hour before drinking on both bottles. still some drying tannins but settles down with food. Drank with crab cakes night one and a another bottle with hamburgs the next night.
best in another year or two but if you like your cabernets a with a little tannin can be drunk easily with a decant now.

1/30/2022 - bobh22314 Likes this wine:

Cherry to the rim. Two hour decant Tons of red fruits up front. Drying as it crosses the palate to a medium finish

Give this another two years and drink for 5 years after